Chairman - Colin Wallis
Colin Wallis graduated in dentistry from the Royal London Hospital Dental Institute in 1975 and did his post-graduate orthodontic training at the University College London.
He opened Specialist Orthodontic Practice in Epping in 1992. He is the OSG representative on BOS Ethics Committee.
Web site: www.thespecialistorthodonticpractice.co.uk
Secretary - Harneet Mangat
Harneet Mangat graduated in dentistry from the University of Liverpool in 1993 and did his post-graduate orthodontic training at King’s College, London.
He is the principal of the Greenwich Orthodontic Practice in southeast London.
Treasurer and Meetings Secretary - Mark Vaughan
Mark Vaughan graduated in dentistry from the University of Wales College of Medicine Dental School in 1990 and did his post-graduate orthodontic training at the Royal London Hospital.
He joined Specialist Orthodontic Practice in Epping in 2005.
Web site: www.thespecialistorthodonticpractice
Orthodontic Practice Committee Representative / Website - Michael Cheung
Michael Cheung graduated in dentistry from the University of Liverpool in 1975 and did his post-graduate orthodontic training at the Royal London Hospital
He opened Maple House Orthodontic practice in Slough in 2004. He is a part-time clinical lecturer at the Royal London Hospital since 2005. He is also an active member of his local LDC and LOC.
Web site: www.coolsmile.co.uk
Clinical Standards Committee Representative - Peter Brook
Peter Brook graduated in dentistry from the University of Manchester in 1981 and did his post-graduate orthodontic training at the University of Manchester. Peter's MSc thesis was the development of an index for Orthodontic treatment priority (IOTN) which is now used to prioritise NHS treatment.
He served as a committee member and member of the Standards Working Party and General Orthodontic Services Committee of the British Association of Orthodontists from 1990 to 1994 and continued in the Specialist Practitioner Group and Development and Standards Working Party of the newly formed BOS 1999 to 2000.
Committee Member - Anshu Sood
Anshu Sood graduated in dentistry from the University of Sheffield in 1998 and did her post-graduate orthodontic training also at the University of Sheffield. She currently works in specialist practices in Mansfield and Doncaster.
Web site: www.goodsmile.co.uk
Committee Member - Gill Cottam
Gillian Cottam graduated in dentistry from the University of Birmingham in 1978 and did her Dip. Orth. RCS in 1984. She has been in specialist practice since 1984 after Locum teaching and consultant posts in the West Midlands and a clinical research fellowship at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada. She opened her specialist practice in Acocks Green since 1985.
Her special interests are practice ergonomics and training in Specialist practice. She has been a joint VDP trainer in the past and completed a PG Cert Ed for Health care professionals in 2005 at Birmingham University. She is currently completing an advanced diploma in clinical Hypnosis and stress management through the British Society of Clinical and Academic Hypnosis, as a part- time student of Stafford University.
Web site: www.cottamandcottam.co.uk
Committee Member - Ghite Bhavra
Ghite Bhavra graduated in dentistry from the Royal London Hospital Dental Institute in 1982 and did his postgraduate training at the Eastman Dental Institute. He is the principal of the Old School House Orthodontic Centre in Kettering, Northamptonshire. He is a part-time associate specialist at the Kettering General Hospital NHS Trust. He is also involved in Orthodontic training.
Ghite has an active role in the local LDC and LOC. He is an OSG representative for the SAC.
Committee Member - Tom Witcher
Committee Member - Guy Deeming
Guy graduated in dentistry from the University of Newcastle and completed his post graduate orthodontic training at King's College, London. He now runs Queensway Orthodontics in Teeside and is a visiting Specialist and Honorary Clinical Lecturer at Newcastle Dental Hospital.
Committe Member - Robbie Lawson
